AMLO and Blinken meet in Mexico to discuss the recovery of the migratory flow

The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obradorand the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenmet this Wednesday to address the recovery of the migratory flow, which led to U.S close border ports for a few days this month.

The meeting, called urgently at the National Palaceoccurs amid the advance of a caravan of more than 6,000 migrants and around twenty nationalities from the southern border of Mexicowhere they ask both governments to agree on measures that allow their transit.

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The US delegation led by Blinken also spoke with the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alicia Bárcenaalthough López Obrador ruled out in the morning that this meeting’s main objective is to ask Mexico to tighten immigration controls.

The appointment takes place in secret, as sources consulted by EFE assured that there will be no public messages from the leaders, unlike other American visits where there are statements to the press and public events or, at least, transmissions of the initial messages of the meeting.

The meeting, scheduled just a week ago, discussed immigration issues, mainly the new increase in the flow of people from center It is South America it’s him Caribbean who seek to establish themselves U.S through Mexican territory.

In this sense, López Obrador insisted during his morning press conference that the US Congress should invest in addressing the causes of migration, instead of building walls, although he positively valued the immigration policy of the Government of Joe Biden for offering work visas.

Meanwhile, the United States is seeking help from the Mexican Government to contain the migratory flow and face the record number of people trying to reach North American territory, especially in view of the upcoming presidential elections in November in that country.

Before the meeting, Mexico’s Minister of Foreign Affairs commented in brief statements to the media that the meeting “It will be very good, it will be excellent”.

“We have many things in common“, he said before entering the National Palace.

Meanwhile, the Secretariat of foreign relations published on the social network X (formerly Twitter) that the meeting would be “discuss bilateral cooperation in matters of human mobility, regular management of migratory flows and expansion of legal pathways for migration”.

The visit takes place while this month of December there are historic numbers of people seeking to enter the United States via the border with Mexico, where the Protection of United States Customs and Borders (CBP) confirmed on Tuesday the arrival of more than 2.2 million migrants from January to November.

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Furthermore, it happens during the advance of a caravan of migrants that left Goodnight with almost 10,000 people, the biggest of the year.

The Secretary of National Defense also participated in the meeting, Luis Crescencio Sandoval; Marina, Rafael Ojeda Durán; Security, Rosa Icela Rodríguez; that of the Interior, Luisa Maria Alcaldeand the Mexican ambassador to the United States, Esteban Montezuma.

The U.S. delegation includes the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas; the Presidential Advisor for National Security, Elizabeth Sherwood Randalland the American ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazarbetween others.

Source: Elcomercio

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